10 j When at J I Newport I "Dine at I HILLTOP INN I Under same jnawqement as. I ♦ VJte Mmderbilt Hotel ♦ 3SE ENGINEER'S CLAIM Official Brotherhood Organ Takes Exception to Railway Bureau Methods By Associated Press Washington, D. (C., Aug. 23 —Charg- ing that the publicity of the railroads have attempted to create the impres sion that the "arch enemies" of the railroads themselves are their organ ized employes, the Locomotive En gineers' Journal for August calls the Bureau of Railway News and Statis tics in Chicago, which is conducted by Slason Thompson, sharply to account for its statistical methods. It seems that in Mr. Thompsons annual publication a diagram was printed purporting to show what pro portion of each dollar of railroad revenue is absorbed by payments to railroad employes and what propor tiongoes to capital. The diagram ior 1913, for example, showed that out of each dollar received by the rail roads. only 13.04 cents went to pay interest on funded debt 4.92 cents to pay dividends, while 44.05 cents went to railroad labor. The Engineers' Journal does not object to the method by which the diagram was prepared, but to the uses to which it has been put and to what It claims is an "erroneous and unjust impression" created by its publicity and dissemi nation. . The actual labor cost in railroads, the Journal asserts, have increased more slowly than in other enterprises. Wage cost of engine crews, for in stance on 24 leading Western roads for hauling 1000 tons one mile was 33 cents less in 1913 than in 1890. "The method o fargument based on the analysis of the Bureau of Rail way News and Statistics, says the Journal, "is not only fallacious, mis leading and unfair to railroad em ployes, but it is shortsighted business policy. The real facts will become known." Standing of the Crews HARRISBURG SIDE Philadelphia Division ll2 crew to go first after 4p. m.: 116, l- 9 . 118, 103, 115. 106, 118, 124. 107. Engineers for 129. 113, 103. Fireman for 115. Conductor for 124. Brakeman tor 113. Engineers up: Hennecke. Smeltzer, Crisswell, Hlndman, Hubler, Gable, Young, Seitz, Steeper, Kennedy. Firemen up: Shive, Rhoads, Shaffer, Horstick, Cover, Whichello, Kreider, Sees, Mulholm, Martin Arnsberger, Dunlevy, Miller, Lantz. Conductor up. Fraelich. Flagman up: Witmyer. Brakeman up: Fergueson. Middle Division 22 crew to go first after 12.25 p. m.: 18, 232. Preference: 2, 7, 9, 3, 8, 5, 10, 1, 4, 6. Engineers for 2. 3. Fireman for 22. Flagman for 10. Brakeman for 2. Engineers up: Kugler, Garman, Wissler. Fireman up: Richards. YARD CHEWS Engineer up: Blosser. Malaby, Rodgere, J. R. Snyder, Houser, Meals, Stahl, Swab, Crist. Harvey. Firemen up: Bostdorf, Shlefer, Rauch, Weigle, Cookerley, Maeyer, Snell. Engineer for 2nd 8, 20, 2nd 21, 38. Firemen for Ist 8, 16, 18, 22, 2nd 21, 32. ENOI.A SIDE Philadelphia Division 237 crew to go first after 4.15 p. m.: 214, 204, 233, 205. 223, 219, 201, 236, 207, 226, 232, 231, 2XO, 225. 234. Engineers for 2337, 214, 219, 236, 226, 210. Fireman for 237. Brakemen for 6, 18, 24, 27, 33. Conductor up: Dewees. Flagman up. Reitzel. Brakemen up: Long. Knight, Riley, Shaffncr, Taylor, Jacobs, Lutz. Middle Division —ll7 crew first to go after 2.15 p. m.: 101, 227, 235, 452. YARD BULLETIN ENOLA The following Is the standing of the yard crews after 4 p. m.: Engineers up. Shellahamer. Firemen up"! Lutz. Gingrich, Kings berry, Ewing, Bruaw, G. L. Forten baugh, Feass. Engineer for 112. Firemen for 112, 2nd 126, Ist 124, 104, Ist 106. READING CREWS The 15 crew first to go after 11.00 a. m.: 3. 4, 12, 1. 6. 19. East-bound: 59. 57, 61, 62. 68, 71. Engineers for 68. 61, 70, 1. Firemen for 57, 38, 3, 6, 15. Conductor for 61. Brakemen for 61, 3, 4, 6, 19. Engineers up: Fetrow, Sweeley, Lape, Glass, Kettner. Crawford, Wier man, Wood, Merkle. Massimore. Firemen up: Bowers, Sullivan. King. Fulton, Boyer, Miller, Lex, Anspach, Brown. Conductor up: Philabaum. Brakemen up: Hughes. Blngaman. Guntlin. Miller. Machmer, Grimes, Reich. Laubauch, Holbert, Lawver. Hinkle, Kohll, Eby, Dunkle. I fr Y or Call us for Convenience »ENBROOK a/IKEIOi^^ MONDAY EVENING, Cyclonic Storm Causes Half Million Damage WHAT THE STORM DID TO A ROOF N ANNVILLE SIOO,OOO PROPERTY LOSS IN LEBANON VALLEY [Continued From First Page.] a minute property and crop damage estimated at SIOO,OOO was caused. The storm entered this county at Campbellstown In the southwestern part and swept everything before it. Everywhere along its path, homes, business places and other buildings were destroyed or damaged. Count less trees were snapped off. Not a building in Queen street escaped dam age. The heaviest loser is H. W. Mil ler, the roof of whose hardware store was blown off and his $20,000 stock drenched by the torrential rain which followed. The recently completed Church of the Brethren was badly damaged and all the buildings ruined. The entire front of the home of Zach A. Bow man, former postmaster, was blown out and his wife and daughter nar rowly escaped serious injury. His furniture was ruined. The brick garage of Congressman A. S. Kreider was unroofed and the barn of Joseph Kreider, Immediately in the rear was overturned. Christ Reformed Church was struck by the debris and a flying log peentrated It. The roof of Old Bethel church was shattered and a school building in Manheim street wrecked. The buildings of Lebanon Valley College escaped damage. A bolt of lightning and the storm combined to totally destroy the home of Oliver Henry. Twenty families were forced to flee from their homes to those of friends and neighbors. Kreider Factories Closed Congressman Kreider to-day closed all his factories so that, his employes could repair the damage to their homes. H. W. Miller rolled barrels of nails to the sidewalk in front of his demolished store and everybody helped themselves. Yesterday church men with their pastors used hammer and saw. The Swatara Creek rose to fourteen feet and swept out the dam at Lickdale. • HANOVER LOSES QUARTER MILLION [Continued From First Pago. ] killed, although scores were injured by flying pieces of glass, bricks and de bris. A steady downpour of rain for fifteen minutes before the cyclone broke cleared the crowded Saturday night streets and proved the salvation of many. Great Trees Uprooted Buildings were like children's block houses in the path of the storm, which cut a quarter of a mile swath through Hanover and for five miles out Ab bottslown pike through a prosperous farming section. Electric wires were snapped like threads, poles dropped like so many sticks and great trees, the pride of the town, were uprooted as though by a giant hand and twisted and torn into firewood. This morning the greater part of the town was a mass of debris. The wind came with a hiss and roar as of the escaping of a large volume of steam and as it passed was Intensi fied by the tattoo of flying bricks, the thud of falling timbers, the creaking of splitting trees, the splintering of glass and the crash of flying metal. Freaks of the storm were without number. Here a building was wrecked and next to it a structure passed un scathed. Flying objects landed in all manner of strange places and things were mixed generally so that belong ings were almost impossible of identi fication. Street cars, deserted by passengers and crews when the storm broke, stood stalled in the streets. Wires, limbs, bricks and shattered wood cov ered pavements. Communication with the outside world was impossible until .a late hour. Panic in Theater The damage was confined princi pally to the region about Central Square and in the northeast section. Entire buildings were shaken down, people taking to the cellars to escape falling mortar and bricks. The Hanover Theater, in Baltimore street, was crowded when the storm broke. With a crash the ceiling sup ports and roof came down upon the audience. Someone shouted "Fire!" and a panic followed. Women and children were trampled as the crftwd surged for the doors. The Hanover glove factory, off Baltimore street, was razed. Gloves were later found a half mile away. The roof of the Penn Flour Milling Company plant, one of the largest buildings here, was lifted and carried two blocks over the roofs of resi dences. In Penn street five blocks of houses were demolished, not one es caping. The Shues Veterinary Hospital, a large brick establishment, collapsed like an eggshell. The heating plant of the' Hanover Light, Heat and Power Company was totally destroyed, only an Iron smokestack being left stand ing. Big Buildings In Ruins The John F. Rohrbaugh & Co. mill, office building and warehouses were wrecked. The Fitz Wheel Company, Hanover Cordage Company, the Elks' Home, Farmers' State Bank, the Han over Trust Company, the department store of the N. D. Carver & Sons Company, composing some of the largest buildings in Hanover, all vir tually were ruined. Hundreds of homes went down in the general destruction. The hand some new residence of David McG. Newcomer, a cigar manufacturer, was left a shapeless heap of bricks. In the poorer section, which suffered heaviest, the frame houses were but; playthings for the wind. To add to the general confusion and fright,, the city was in complete darkness until dawn. Following the cyclone men went about with lanterns and electric flashlights trying to ascer tain the damage and rescuing people caught in their homes. Mrs. Martin Whlsler and three small children were trapped in their cellar for five hours before being rescyed. Numerous like cases occurred, cries for help being unheard in the melee of excitement. Before morning every store- handling electrical equipment in the city was sold out of everything capable of making a light. Even then hundreds stayed helpless in the dark until morning. Mayor Henry M. Stokes has taken personal charge of the cleaning up work and by noon the many thor oughfares were cleared sufficiently to permit the passage of traffic and the operation of a few street cars. In automobiles, wagons and in every im aginable conveyance people from the surrounding country flocked to Han over by the hundreds, crowding the streets and getting in the way of workers. Extra policemen were sworn in to prevent pillaging and keep the curious away from dangerous build ings. Announcement was made to-dav that no change will take place in Plans for a centennial celebration dur ing the week of September 12, but that it will be further observed as a thanksgiving for the miraculous es cape of so many of the town's citizens from death. The court of honor erected in the public square for this event was destroyed by the wind, but will be restored. All of the indus trial plants which were wrecked will be rebuilt. Big Section of Mount Holly Dam Swept Away Residents of the numerous valleys around here in which are built ice dams spent an anxious night Satur day. The valleys are narrow, the ter ritory they drain large, consequently the streams Jumped over their banks soon after midnight. Believing that the dam at Laurel above Mt. Holly would not withstand the pressure, employes of the United Ice and Coal Company, it is claimed opened the flood gates, letting the tor rents of water down the valley with out a word of warning. The upper Holly dam broke under the strain and a large section was swept awav. Several bridges went down with the flood, the largest being that at Hun ter's Run near the State road about three miles north of Mt. Holly. A foot bridge near Laurel Lake was demolished and swept away in the current. Mt. Holly Park Damaged Mt. Holy park was extensively damaged. Many of the benches ani picnic tables were washed away and all the buildings in the place flooded. Foundations were weakened and the walks ruined. Most of the household goods were taken to the second floors and at 1 o'clock yesterday morning all the cottagers were taken to higher ground in boats, following the rumor that the main dam had gone out. The park management places their loss at $3,000. A flood gate below the dam at Snyder's mill on the Mahantongo creek above Millersburg gave way, but little damage resulted as the water had been drawn oft last week for repairs. Raging Waters Damage Crops In Stony Creek Valley where the United Ice and Coal Company con trols two dams, Walkemeyers and Elendale Forge, crops were damaged by the raging waters. Several bridges were washed away and a warning sent out to the residents of the lowlands to get to higher grounds as It was fear ed the breast of Walkemeyers would go out. The stream started falling this morning almost as rapidly as it had raised. Bridge at Stoverdale Goes The Swatara leaped over its banks and swept away the bridge used by cottagers kt Stoverdale. Tents, blankets, cooking utensils and clothes swirling around in the Conodoguinet. attested to the rapidity with which that stream rose. Scores of camping parties lost everything. The Stoner camp, composed of twen ty persons from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, located about two miles from Plainfield was inunadated and everything with the exception of the tents lost. Campers Driven From Tents Five Harrlsburg families, camping near Orr's bridge were compelled to abandon their tents. They lost some camping paraphernalia, and several boats although their tents remained standing. Oyster's dam stood the strain well. Residents of Newville said the creek was the highest it had been since the Johnstown flood. Cottagers at Williams Grove were forced to transfer their household goods to the second floor. Many left the grove yesterday as the waters of the Yellow Breeches were still ris lng. J Clark's Creek, which empties Into the Susquehanna above Dauphin flooded the road to a depth of four feet. Shippensburg Flooded The lower end of Shippepsburg was completely flooded. Two of the ■houses along the Cumberland Valley Railroad w«re filled with water up to the 1 second floors. Hundreds of pic nickers who had gone to Path Valley to spend the day were held in the rain because of the washing away of the Mt. Rock bridge. Tons of coal dirt were washed down j HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH the Lykens Valley by the Wlconlsco. The Reading Railroad at Williams- < town for 300 feet was covered to a; depth of five feet. All traffic was i blocked yesterday. Houses in the vicinity of the banks of the Susque-1 hanna Coal Company from which the dirt was washed were filled with sand and mud. The upper end of Lykens was under water and hundreds of chickens were drowned. Tons of Earth Slide at Cove Loosened by the heavy rain, tons of earth slid down over the moun tains near the Cove onto the east bound tracks of the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Saturday night. A stone wall built to protect the track from landslides went along. Workmen and a derrick speedily cleared the tracks and traffic was only slightly delayed. The Philadelphia and Reading was less fortunate. Freight trains were tied up for more than six hours yes terday by small washouts along the line. The Yellow Breaches creek washed all the ballast off the tracks at Moore's Mills and similar trouble was experienced at Ann.ville. Mountains Save City From Fate of Towns in Nearby Valleys While Harrisburg and its surround ing towns suffered heavily from the tropical storm. Saturday night, the property damage was not nearly as great as in York county. The moun tains protected the city from the high wind and most of the damage was caused by the heavy fall of rain. Many signs and awnings were blown down in the city and in some instances windows exposed to the full force of the wind were blown In with the result that the rain ruined cur tains, carpets and furniture. The fall of nearly lour and a half inches of rain within the short period filled the sewers to overflowing and the water backed up to a depth of three and four feet near inlets. The water in the Market street subway rose a foot over the sidewalk, a record depth which necessitated the running of the Hill and suburban cars over the State street bridge. Cars were run until after I o'clock yesterday morning to accommodate those unable to reach their homes. Two cars were derailed by mud washing over the tracks. No one was Injured. The Valley Trac tion Company suffered heavily. Sig nals were blown down and several cars were disabled near Carlisle. Another piled into the mud near the car barn and was derailed. Cross river resi dents experienced much trouble In reaching home. Cellars Filled With Water Hundreds of cellars in the city were filled with several feet of water. Resi dences in Derry street between Thir teenth and Fourteenth and in the West End suffered heaviest. Paxton Creek overflowed its banks, the first time since it was concreted, but did very little damage. A strip of as phalt in State street, was torn up by the rushing waters and a gaping hole washed in the street. The walk in State street near Thirteenth was washed away and mud. bricks and stones littered the streets in that vicinity this morning. State Sanitary Engineers Inspect Flood Districts Commissioner of Health Dixon to day detailed sanitary engineers to make immediate inspections in Han over, York, Palmyra, Hershey, Mount Holly Springs and Annville, which suf fered from floods on Saturday night. The engineers will pay special atten tion to the condition of the water sup ply and examine wells or individual sources which might have beea af ected by the high water. Engineers were also detailed to go to Pittston to investigate an outbreak of typhoid fever. The heavy rain on Saturday night did much damage to paper and nrint e«i matter in the basement of the Cap itol. The sewers proved inadequate to carry off the rainfall and the water backed Into storerooms. Examinations to-day showed that few records vere damaged, but that considerable de partmental printing was ruined. Many Complaints of Overflooded Cellars Numerous complaints were received all day by the city bureau of streets and public Improvements because of overflooded cellars. Commissioner Lynch loaned all the pumps that were available and helped in every way pos sible to remedy the damages. The unusual rainfall did little real dam age, however, except to flood cellars. At an early hour this morning Com missioner Taylor went all over the city park and playground system to deter mine the extent of the damage. While the heavy rains naturally caused some more or less serious washouts at cer tain points, the park official v/as agreeably surprised at the little real harm that had been done. Some of the fill had been washed away on the river bank north of "Hardscrabble," but the new embankment south of Paxton street held up remarkably well. Spring creek overflowed its banks to some extent and washed out the roadway. Trees were damaged and other minor trouble was caused which will require considerable extra work to repair. HELFFERICH FAVORS AN HONORABLE PEACE [Continued From First Page.] urged, it was needful to prepare for an honorable peace. Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg, according to the same report, declared that the difficulties of the empire were Increasing and advised his hearers to use their influence to soften down bellicose inclinations and expansion policy in the Reichstag and the coun try .and to carefully prepare peace proposals which would be acceptable to the four members of the entente. Dr. Barnhard Dernburg's report of the failure of his mission in the United States and other neutral countries, the Telegraaf says, made a strong impres sion on the conference. General Von Moltke, chief of the general staff, declared that he fully agreed with the chancellor and added that only those not fully informed on the situation could hope for the pos sibility of complete Russian defeat. Despite these declarations, the story concludes, the meeting refused to adopt a'resolution advocating mod eration in the Reichstag, whereupon the chancellor declared that lr a majority in the Reichstag should show an irreconcilably chauvinistic attitude he would be obliged to resign as he could not accept responsibility for Germany's disaster. ARCHDUKE'S ARMY MAKES GAINS By Associated Press Vienna, Aug. 22, via London, Aug. 23. The following official war state ment was given out here to-night: "The troops under General Koeyess, again have repulsed the enemy from several positions across the railway on the line of Brest-Litovsk-Bielsk. The army of Archduke Joseph Ferdinand in renewed fighting near Wysoka-Lit ovsk gained ground. Here and west of Brest-Lltovsk and Cladova the ad vance of the allies Is meeting with severe resistance." mn rcMDDLercwen MIDBLETHIFI OPENS TOMORROW Begin Placing Exhibits on Midway; Get Race Track Ready For Big Events With larger and finer exhibits, faster races and a more attractive Midway than ever before, the sixteenth annual exhibition of the Mlddletown Fair As sociation will open to-morrow for a three-day exhibition. Early this morning workmen began placing the various exhibits, erecting the small tented city that will covert the Midway and getting the race track in readiness for the events of the next three days. The Liberty Show carnival -will be the feature of the Midway with their seven shows, numerous stands and Ferris wheel. There will be fii®works Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. They will have the largest exhibits in fancy work, dogs, poultry, animals and vegetables ever known in Middle town. They have good acrobatic stunts billed as a free performance in front of the grandstand between each race. The exhibit of State college in agri culture and horticulture will be one of the finest ever shown in Mlddletown. They will occupy a large space in the exhibit building and are fully equipped to show some very fine speci mens. Their space is 100 feet. Another feature of the fair will be "Safety First" exhibit of the Depart ment of Labor and Industry. There wiy be no jockey races this year, but other races and amusements to take the place of jockeys have been arranged. A professor from State college will be here with the exhibit to demon strate and a well trained man will ac company the. Department of Labor and Industry's exhibit. Downpour Breaks Up Sleuth Durnbaugh's Camp Through the .blinding downpour of rain shortly after midnight Saturday, a weary horse plodded through the mud and mire along the road from Hummelstown, drawing a light wagon. Huddled up in the seat, shivering in his drenched clothes, Detective I. N. Durnbaugh, ex-chlef of Steel ton's police department grasped the lines and wearily plied a whip in an effort to hasten the mare's speed. Around him, huddled Constable Jo seph McGonigal, of Mt. Holly Springs; Mrs. Durnbaugh and Bruce Spink. They too sought shelter from the downpour by covering their heeds with their coats and huddling close to the seat. As the bedraggled party urged their weary steed up a hill onto a bridge across the Swatara creek near Hum melstown, Constable McGonlgal, peer ing into the surging waters below, exclaimed: "By golly, Durnie, I believe there goes our tent." And there's your car riage," he added as looking a little closer they saw Durnbaugh's new car riage with a heap of harness dragging from the seat, float by. The wreckage they saw was all that remained from two large tents in which the Durnbaugh party had been spending the week-end camping along the banks of the Swatara. When the flood came, the tents, a carriage and all Durnbaugh's belongings including clothes and cooking utensils went down towards the Susquehanna. Awakened from their sleep by the rising water, the party escaped drown ing by driving through three feet of water to the road and continuing their way through mired roads to Steelton in a light wagon. Steelton Snapshots Held For Vagrancy.—Jere Dono van, arrested by Patrolman Pearson, Saturday night, will be given a hear ing before Squire Gardner on a va grancy charge this evening. Making Plates. —The local plant of the Pennsylvania Steel Company is making a number of breastplates, such as are worn by soldiers In European battlefields. They weigh 14 pounds. To Hold Festival.—Reed's group of the First Methodist Church will hold an ice cream festival in the social room at the church on Friday even ing. W. C. T. V. Sleets.—The Steelton Women's Christian Temperance Union will meet at the home of Mrs. Edward Stowdt, of Pine street, this evening. Minister Away.—The Rev. W. H. Sanderson, pastor of the First Metho dist Church, is spending a vacation in Philadelphia and Ocean Grove. Next Sunday, Walter Hoffsommer, a for mer secretary of the T. M. C. A., later a missionary in Japan, will preach at both the/'mornlng and even ing services. WOULD BUHLD HOME FOR AGED Delegates to the national convention of Croatian societies at Cleveland, Sep tember 13, •will endeavor to have a new home foraged and disabled mem bers of the order, which It is proposed to erect soon, placed somewhere in this vicinity. K. Pozega, a prominent member of the lodge, Joseph Verbos, a member of the Board of Trustee;; Ivan Trulac and Lawrence Rudman, delegates, will inspect several farms in Lancaster and Lebanon counties Wednesday and Thursday to urge that one of the farms in these localities be purchased. Dying Man's Will Made Valid by His Smile By Associated Press New Tork, Aug. 23. —When Thomas Meagher Durkin, New York lawyer, smiled, just before he died, at Mount Washington, Md., where he was visit ing his wife's relatives, on March 23, 1912, he expressed his approval of the will as prepared and which he was too weak to sign, which bequeathed about $26,000 to his wife, Mrs. Mary F. Durkin, now a resident of Mount Washington. Surrogate Cohalan has so decided, but the lawyer's sister, Mrs. Mary- Town, of Little Falls, N. Y., who re ceived only SIOOO under the will, has started a suit In the Supreme Court to set aside the decree of Surrogate Cola han in admitting the instrument to probate. Mrs. Town asserts that the wll was improperly executed. WANT LIQUOR LAW REPEALED By Associated Press Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23.—Peti tions were circulated In Parkersburg and a number of other cities in the state to-day calling on Governor Henry D. Hatfield to eohvene the legislature in special session for the purpose of repealing the Yost liquor prohibitory law. which became operative last year. Two special seslons of this legislature already have been held. ACGUST 23, 1915. STEELTON MAY GET MOTORCYCLE OFFICER Recommendation Made by Burgess Wigfield Year Ago May Be Carried Out Plans for adding a motor-cycle offi cer to Steelton's police force to re-1 place Clinton Jones, the patrolman I dismissed last week, are being con- i sidered by members of the borough • council, it was learned this morning. | About a year ago Burgess Fred | Wigfield recommended to council that such an officer be added to the local force to look after traffic violators and to handle emergency calls. At that time, while councilmen declared they favored the Burgess' recommen dation, no officer was employed on account of a lack of funds. Now that there is a vacancy in the force, it has been suggested that in stead of employing another patrolman council could hire a motorcycle offi cer. Such an officer, it has been pointed out, would bring greater effi ciency to the force than would a patrolman. The added expense would not be very great, it is said. When asked this morning whether or not he would again recommend to council that a motorcycle officer be em ployed, Burgess Fred Wigfield said: "If you will recall, it was about a year ago that I told council the effi ciency of our police force could be greatly increased by the addition of another officer who could ride a motorcycle. This matter now is up to the police committee. You know they were Instructed to employ an officer to replace Mr. Jones." THREE MORE TEACHERS Three additional teachers for the Steelton schools were elected at a spe ciar meeting of the school board on ■Saturday. Miss Helen Haln, of Marys ville, a graduate of the Shlppensburg Normal school, teach the A and B primary grades In the High school building; Miss Nellie Morley, a gradu ate of Slippery Rock Normal school, will teach a mixed primary school in the West Side, and Miss Margaret R. Gaffney will teach the mixed primary I school in the FotherglU building. The | election of these new teachers was I made necessary by the closing of St. Peter's parochial school which threw 100 more pupils into the public schools. The school was closed be cause all the teachers, who are Sisters of Mercy, left to nurse the wounded soldiers from European battlefields. STEEI/TON PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Grimes and family, of 43 South Third street, are visiting in Pine Grove Furnace, Cum berland county. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Porr, of North Front street, spent yesterday in Marys ville. H. R. Rupp and family, of Pine street, are visiting in Manheim. Joseph Watson spent Sunday In Shippensburg with his mother. N6 FLIES ON STEELTON COPS Steelton's police station to-day wan fitted with new screen doors and screens were placed over- the win dows. MRS. WHITEBREAD Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian B. Whitebread, who died Friday, were held from her late home, 26 North Fourth street, this afternoon at 1 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. M. P. Hocker, of Middletown, and the Rev. G. N. Lauffer, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, officiated. Burial was made in Baldwin Cemetery. I-MIDDLETOW^" MIDDLETOWN PERSONALS The Rev. and Mrs. Calhoun of Har rlsbifrg, were the .guests of her aunt, Mrs. Klugh on Saturday. Maxwell Brandt of Woodside, Is vis iting his parents in Race street. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Brown" of Har risburg, and family visited with C. T. Erb, Pine street. William Erb of Mechanlcsburg, vis ited his son, C. T. Erb, Pine street. Paul Dally left to-day for a week's visit to Pittsburgh. Miss Mary Schadt and Miss Mar garet Shirk, of Elizabethtown, left to-day to stay a week in Altoona. Miss Helen Yentzer, of Columbia, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Schadt, of Wood street. Mrs. T. E. Mayer left yesterday for I Narberth, where she will be met by her mother, daughter and brother. They expect to spend a week at At lantic City. ( JITNEY BUS HITS AND JNJURES MOTORCYCLIST When C. E. Webb's Harrisburg and Steelton jitney bus collided with a motorcycle ridden by Arthur W. Noff- I singer, of 1262 Juniper street. In I Front street, Steelton, near the Mer- I chant Mill bridge this morning, Noff slnger was thrown to the pavement and injured. His machine was a wreck. IHIGHSPIRE 7777 ! THIEVES STEAL WATCH Thieves ear!y yesterday broke lntcf H. R. Durborrow's store, In Second street, Highsplre. and stole a number of watches. The robbers entered the store by breaking a front window. An attempt was made to rob the home of George Lutz, early yesterday, but were frightened away. FREDERICK FISnER Frederick Fisher, G8 years old, died yesterday at his home in Highsplre after a year's illness. He is survived by one son and two daughters. Fu neral arrangements are Incomplete. TWO HURT IN TUMBLES Tumbles caused two men painful Injuries to-day while working In dif ferent parts of the city. Both were ' treated at the Harrisburg Hospital. R. S. Smith, a salesman of the City Auto Supply Company, tripped and fell this morning, fracturing his right thumb. «» Harry Hippensteel, lioi South Ninth street, a leverman at the Central ron and Steel Company plant, received a deep laceration of the scalp when he slipped and fell, cut ting himself on the edge of one of the shop cupboards. '[teniimr Non-greasy Toilet Oreaui the Skin Soft and Velvety. Prevents tan, relieves sunburn. An Exquisite Toilet Preparation, 26c. GOHGAS DRUG STORES 16 X. Third St., and P. R. R. Station - U. S. CONSIDERS PRESENT INFORMATION [Continued From First Page.] facts and considers Its information very fragmentary. , Washington, D. C., Aug. 23. —Secre- tary Lansing said the situation was exactly as It stood Saturday; that no steps had been taken other than to get accurate Information as to what had taken place. From the fact that Ambassador y Gerard was not directed to seek an explanation, the inference was drawn that the State Department has de cided to let the German Government Initiate any explanation it may have to offer. Ambassador Page at London had sent by mail some affidavits and other data but has been Instructed to cable a synopsis of the material. In the view of the State Depart ment, no points have been established beyond doubt regarding the import ant questions of convoy, the change j of course of the Arabic just before the torpedo struck and other essen- I tials. All the information received, aside from the newspaper reports, which reflect censorship, is embodied In one brief affidavit by an American, Zellah* Covington. The department regards it as essential that this shall be corroborated and supplemented. The department accounts for the apparent delay in securing affidavits by the Arabic survivors left Queens town almost, immediately upon land ing. The American embassy will be ex pected to find survivors and secure their statements, whiph may be slow work. Final Reports Are Still Awaited in Washington Washington, D. C„ Aug. 23.—Final reports concerning the sinking of the liner Arabic still were awaited by ad ministration officials to-day, pending the receipt of which the attitude of the United States Government re mains undetermined. Already the question seems to have been cleared up that the Arabic was torpedoed without warning. The point now in doubt is as to whether Ger many will claim the change of course of the liner just before she was at tacked led the submarine commander to believe that she was attempting a hostile act against him. Ambassador Gerard at Berlin is ex pected to throw light on this point. Upon his report probably will de pend the decision of the Washington government as to whether Germany has committed a "deliberate un friendly act." Meanwhile the administration is maintaining an open mind and no statement as to the course to be pur sued would be issued. Discussion continued to-day as to the possibility of the United States breaking off diplomatic relations with Germany In the event it is decided that the sinking of the Arabic was a "deliberately unfriendly act." Time For Words Has Passed Says Roosevelt New York, Aug. 23.—Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt broke yesterday the silence he has maintained about this country's relations with Germany since the sinking of the Lusitanla. Referring to the destruction of the Arabic. Colonel Roosevelt said it would be a fresh sacrifice of American honor and Interests for the adminis tration merely to dismiss Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, and sever diplomatic relations with Germany. The Colonel's statement reiterates more forcibly his previous utterances on the subject, maintaining that the time for words passed long ago. His statement follows: "I see it suggested in the papers that, the German answer to our last note, that is, the sinking of the Arabic by a German submarine and the con sequent murder of certain American citizens, will be adequately met by the administration dismissing Bernstorff and sundering diplomatic relations with Germany. X earnestly hope the administration will not take this, view, for to do so would be a fresh sacrifice of American honor and interests. "The President's note to Germany in February last was an excellent note, If only it had been lived up to. But every subsequent note has represented nothing but weakness and timidity on our part; and the sinking of the Lusl tania and of the Arabic, the attacks on the Gulflight and the Falaba, and all the similar incidents that have oc curred represent arrogant answers which this weakness has inspired. "Germany will care nothing for the mere severance of diplomatic rela tions. The time for words on the part of this nation has long passed, and it is Inconceivable to American citizens who claim to be Inherlters of the tra ditions of Washington and Lincoln that our governmental representatives shall not see that the time for deeds has come. What has just occurred is a lamentable proof of the unwisdom of our people in not having Insisted upon the beginning of active military preparedness thirteen months ago." 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